Version:            (using KDE 3.5.10)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I'm using kde for both surfing in the internet and creating websites.

I therefore have different preferences regarding with which application to open a file with a specific mime type depending on its access method: using my sftp accouting I prefer Quanta and using http I prefer konqueror's khtml.
The same idea also goes with the location: the readme.html of an application is preferably opened using a browser, html source files of my webproject are preferably open using an editor. The only distinguishing feature here is
the location (folder) I placed the files.

This leads to the following proposal:
It should be possible to override the association of an application to a mime type depending on the location of the file or the method used to access the file.
I image defineing the association like filters: If no association for mime+method exists, it falls back to either mime or method association e.g. depending on a priority definition.